Digital Citizenship

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by Purva Holkar

“We do not learn from experiences, we learn from reflecting on our experiences” - John Dewey


At Choithram International, we believe in promoting varied strategies which cater to individual learning needs of the learner. Just as teaching-learning environments make a difference, we believe closures are equally important as they help to review and summarize essential concepts.


In order to evaluate classroom objectives a little further, the learners of MYP1 were given a unique opportunity to reflect on their design unit using Bloom’s Taxonomy which explores different phases of learning like remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating.


The topic of the unit was Digital Citizenship. Every learner gave his or her individual feedback right from the lowest to the highest order of thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy and constructed meaning from his or her learning.


Bloom’s Taxonomy Strand
Reflected on
Remembering
What is digital citizenship?
Understanding
Why is it important to be a responsible digital citizen?
Applying
How will I apply the decorum of responsible digital citizenship in my own life?
Analyzing
What learner profiles and skills did I use effectively in this unit? And how?
Evaluating
What were my strengths and where do I need to improve? Did I communicate effectively with the audience?
Creating
How did I promote digital citizenship in the community?
How did the learning make a difference to my life?
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Thus, by taking individual feedback, the learners reflected on individual strands of their learning and creativity. They could realize the extent of their knowledge, understanding, application, analysis and creation of the unit. They were enthusiastic about the process which led to incorporation of various skills in themselves and supported the growth of IB Learner Profiles like Knowledgeable, Thinker, Reflective, Communicator, etc.


The activity also supported differentiation to a great extent whereby the learners worked in groups and reflected on the ‘Caring’ attribute. It would be a helpful tool to support visual and kinesthetic learners.


Courtesy: Bloom’s Taxonomy Model for reflection developed by Peter Pappas and Modified by our Design Faculty Ms Purva Holkar

Purva Holkar


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